"February, 2018": I like to be productive.  I decided that I'd shoot a short movie of me playing (M)Usic every day of 2018.  At 1st, I was imagining playing a short piano solo everyday.  This would stimulate me to practice more & challenge me to try to make the short solos very varied.  Then I decided that it would be more fun to play different instruments.  I collect instruments, getting them cheaply when I can find them.  Some I get them from thrift stores, yard sales, pawn shops.  They're not always 'perfect': e.g.: a flute that 'needs' repadding.  I've always had trouble playing flute & with leaky pads it's even worse.  The violin I have is a 3/4 size one for a child.  Otherwise, it's pretty nice.  In some cases the instruments are given to me.  I have an organ that was found at curbside waiting to be picked up as trash.  The person who rescued it didn't really want it so I got it.  It's amazing what great stuff one can accumulate in a society as rich & wasteful as this one if you're dedicated & patient.  Some of the instruments were 'expensive' by my standards but I was working when I bought them so I could afford them.  As of 2018, I'm retired & living off such a small amount that there's not even enough to always pay the bills.  Creating a project like this helps keep me busy when my lack of income might otherwise be overwhelmingly depressing.  I look forward to each new day's scene.  It's my intention to turn each month's worth of shots into a short movie, as I have here, & to link them all into a long feature after 2018's over.  I'm waiting to put each month's movie online until 2 months later so that the gratification won't be too instant for all 10 of you who might care a little (that many?!).  I'll want to pace their availability a little.  As is usually the case, my prospective (v)audience, if there is one, are geeks & weirdos, you know who you are.  Enjoy! - March 14, 2018 note from tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE  

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